A roundtable on “National Business Perception Index a year later: achievements, problems and perspectives” was held at the Center for Economic Research on March 23, 2011

A roundtable on “National Business Perception Index a year later: achievements, problems and perspectives” was held at the Center for Economic Research on March 23, 2011

24.03.2011

Approximately 40 specialists from different central economic ministries of Uzbekistan, managers of enterprises, analysts of research institutions, representatives of international organizations, as well as journalists took part at the roundtable.

The main goal of the roundtable was to discuss the BPI results and its further development, strengthening the calculations methods and making forecast.

NBP Index is a joint initiative of Center for Economic Research and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan aimed at elaborating a toolkit for assessment and short-term forecasting of business activity dynamics. The NBP Index is calculated quarterly on the base of survey results of approximately 552 enterprises’ managers from all 14 regions of Uzbekistan and covers 5 main sectors of economy – industry, agriculture, construction, transport and communications, trade.